Language periphery : monocollocable words in English, Italian, German and Czech / František Čermák ; Jan Čermák ; Zora Obstová ; Marie Vachková.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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In English, Italian, German and Czech.

Intro -- Language Periphery -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Monocollocable words as a periphery of language combinations -- 1. Monocollocable words and their combinatorial substance -- 2. Aspects of monocollocable words -- 3. Identification of monocollocable words -- 4. Use and problems -- Monokolokabilní slova v češtině jako periférie jazyka -- 1. Monokolokabilní slova a jejich kombinatorická podstata -- 2. Aspekty -- 3. Identifikace MS -- 4. Úzus a problémy -- Parole monocollocabili alla luce dei corpora -- 1. Parole a collocazione estremamente ristretta e loro raggio combinatorio -- 2. Identificazione delle PM -- 3. Struttura delle voci nei dizionari -- 4. Problemi della selezione manuale -- 5. Limiti e uso -- Monokollokabilität aus korpuslinguistischer Sicht -- 1. Zum Begriff der Monokollokabilität -- 2. Zur Bearbeitung der monokollokabilen Wörter und zur Struktur der Verzeichnisse -- 3. Aufgefundene Strukturen -- 4. Anregungen für Forschung und lexikographische Umsetzung -- 5. Ausblick -- Monocollocable words in English -- 1. Definition -- 2. Corpus sample, its nature and limitations -- 3. The format of the lists -- 4. The English monocollocable lists -- 5. Suggestions for further research -- A frequency dictionary of Czech monocollocable words -- A frequency dictionary of Italian monocollocable words -- A frequency dictionary of German monocollocable words -- A frequency dictionary of English monocollocable words -- An alphabetical dictionary of Czech Monocollocable Words -- An alphabetical dictionary of Italian monocollocable words -- An alphabetical dictionary of German monocollocable words -- An alphabetical dictionary of English monocollocable words -- References -- Corpora.

A full-length study of monocollocable words, i.e. words whose usage is severely restricted to one or a few combinations only (such as English ado in without much/further ado), that brings together corpus-based data from the four languages along with studies analysing, along both general and language-specific lines, monocollocable words in terms of their frequency, lexical as well as morphosyntactic behaviour, and various facets of their peripheral status. Each of the four langauges covered, namely, English, Italian, German and Czech also offers a short introduction of the respective languages written in English, Italian, German and Czech. A rare contribution to our knowledge of an as yet little studied field, the book will attract the attention of, and stimulate a new interest in, all who are ready to acknowledge that collocation is a core phenomenon of language - lexicologists, lexicographers with a focus on phraseology, language typologists, linguists with a contrastive and historical agenda, and language teachers alike.

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